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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
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As a Senior Software Engineer, Media Platforms, you will join the Microsoft Events organization to lead the engineering behind live streaming and captioning pipelines. You will own the end-to-end video-on-demand hosting platform, including ingest, encoding, storage, and playback, while building high-performance, accessible video players for web and various devices. Your daily work involves developing real-time caption generation and translation systems, designing adaptive-bitrate delivery through CDNs, and ensuring reliability during high-stakes global events. You will provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team while managing complex media processing pipelines. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with expertise in HLS, MPEG-DASH, and cloud media services. You will solve critical problems regarding global scale, low latency, and accessibility for large-scale live events.
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